Talbot

Talbot
/tawl"beuht/ or, for 3, /tal"-/, n.
1. Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660-1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
2. William Henry Fox, 1800-77, English pioneer in photography.
3. a male given name.

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(as used in expressions)
Shrewsbury Charles Talbot duke and 12th earl of
Talbot William Henry Fox
Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil 3rd marquess of

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      county, east-central Maryland, U.S. It adjoins Chesapeake Bay to the west, the Choptank River to the south and southeast, and Tuckahoe Creek to the northeast and includes Tilghman and Poplar islands. The jagged coast is carved by the Wye East, Tred Avon, and Miles rivers and by Harris and Broad creeks. Parklands include Seth Demonstration Forest and Wye Oak State Park, the home of a massive 450-year-old white oak, the official state tree of Maryland. The county's origin dates to 1661–62; it was named for Grace Talbot, sister of Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Easton is the county seat.

      The mainstays of the economy are health care services, fishing, and agriculture, especially soybeans and corn (maize). Area 269 square miles (697 square km). Pop. (2000) 33,812; (2007 est.) 36,193.

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  • Talbot [2] — Talbot (spr. Tahlbött), 1) Grafschaft im Staate Maryland (Nordamerika), an der östlichen Küste der Chesapeake Bai gelegen, 11 QM., im O. vom Choptank River begrenzt; Boden sehr fruchtbar u. trefflich cultivirt; Producte: Weizen, Mais, Rindvieh;… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Talbot — (spr. taolböt), John, s. Shrewsbury …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Talbot — (spr. tahlbŏt), John, engl. Kriegsheld, s. Shrewsbury (Grafentitel) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Talbot — (Tahlbött), John, geb. um 1373 zu Blechmore in Shropshire, zeichnete sich in den Kriegen gegen Frankreich aus, wurde zum Lohne 1442 Graf Shrewsbury, 1446 Graf von Waterford und Wexford, blieb von einer Kanonenkugel getroffen 20. Juli 1453 vor… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Talbot — Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 1877) a British photographer who was the first to invent a way of making more than one photograph from the same ↑negative (=image on a piece of film that shows dark areas as light and light areas as dark) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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